New SSID – RWTH institutes – in the WLAN
RWTH Aachen University offers wireless data communication (via WLAN) to all WLAN enabled devices throughout the university. This WLAN service is offered by WLAN access points.
These access points broadcast one or more SSID’s, which the devices can connect with and thus get internet access. The term SSID stands for Service Set Identifier and is simply the name of a WLAN network. RWTH offers many SSID’s such as:
- eduroam for students, employees and guests of participating institutes
- RWTH-guests for quests without an eduroam identification
- RWTH-devices for IoT devices, e.g. measuring instruments and sensors
The IT Center Picture Puzzle – Review and Preview
The year is coming to an end, and we would like to look back with you on our blog series The IT Center Picture Puzzle. Which departments were involved this year and what were the solution words? We would also like to give you a sneak preview of what will happen next year, because #SpoilerAlert: we will continue the series next year. But let’s start at the beginning…
Changed Opening Hours During Christmas and New Year
The year 2022 is slowly coming to an end and the big holidays are just around the corner. For this reason, the IT Center has adjusted its opening hours for the period between Christmas and the beginning of January.
You can reach the IT-ServiceDesk in the period December 27, 2022, to January 6, 2023 in the following ways: Read the rest of this entry »
New Web Layout for the IT Center Website
The IT Center website has recently been relaunched with a new design. We attach great importance on clearly communicating the customer orientation, reliability and stability of our IT services, especially for our international customers. This is why we decided to re-design the structure of our website. The new website provides you with all the information you need about the IT Center as the central IT facility of RWTH Aachen University and as an educational institution, about our basic services as well as individual services, research foci, projects, cooperations and much more.
With the revision of the contents, however, some web addresses may have changed. So please remember to adjust your favorites according to the new web addresses. Read the rest of this entry »
Changed Opening Hours of the IT-ServiceDesk on December 14, 2022
Due to an internal event, the IT-ServiceDesk will be open at limited hours with a reduced offer on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
During the time from 7:30am to 4pm the IT-ServiceDesk can be contacted as follows: Read the rest of this entry »
Green Surfing on the World Wide Web
Google is probably the most popular search engine in the world.
Since 2004, the verb “to google” has even been in the German Duden dictionary. This is of course because Google is the big player in the search engine business. In 2022, Google became one of the most valuable companies in the world with a brand value of around 819.6 billion US dollars (source: statista.com).
But there are green alternatives that we can set up as our default search engine – after all, every query consumes electricity and increases our CO₂ footprint.
Changed Opening Hours of the IT-ServiceDesk on December 9, 2022
Due to an internal event, the IT-ServiceDesk will only be open for you during limited opening hours on Friday, December 9, 2022.
For personal contact, our locations below will be open for you at the following times on this day: Read the rest of this entry »
Computer Security Day: 5 Simple Tips to Improve IT Security
For most people, life without the Internet has long been unimaginable. Whether at home, at work or anywhere along the way – information technology is simply everywhere. However, its ubiquity also raises the question of its security. A question that experts already asked themselves back when the Internet had only just begun to develop. Since 1988, November 30 has been dedicated to IT security in many countries. The aim of this event is to raise general awareness of IT security and to educate users on the subject. To mark the occasion, we have compiled five very simple tips for more IT security in everyday life.
HPC@SC22 – On site again this year
With 10,700 attendees, 41 workshops, 28 tutorials, 57 research posters, and 86 Bird-of-a-Feather talks, the international conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis “SC22” was a resounding success. Read the rest of this entry »
Backup-Changeover 2022 – Our Support Offer
backup-changeover 2022 is what is described as a Major Change in change management. In context Datensicherung.nrw, we are moving to Commvault’s backup software solution at RWTH and many universities in NRW. For many users, this far-reaching change also means that they are not only getting involved with a new software solution, but with many other changes. At RWTH Aachen University, which provides the service as a service provider center for a number of universities, a complex but highly available new platform for the backup infrastructure has been set up over the past few months. In addition to the technical innovations, we have also initiated a completely new support offering: Backup Consulting Day